Davenport News Tangles With Calls, Crimes and Trials
Holy Cross pastor Herman Grief faces a tentative church vote over a call from Hopkins and Lyndon, while John Humes pleads not guilty to forgery tied to a Grundy county mortgage release. A $50,000 damage suit against Davenport Locomotive Works proceeds as a work incident is detailed. Grand jury reports indict Shaw and other suspects. obituary notes a longtime Davenport resident John A Stephens on Main Street.
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Herman Grief
Holy Cross German Lutheran Church
Belle Avenue
East
Davenport
Hopkins
Lyndon
John Humes
Grundy
C. A. Ficke
Ficke & Ficke
Humes
W. G. Mott
Thomas M. Ashcraft
Davenport Locomotive Works
Bollinger
Hamann
Shaw
William Stutzel
McCausland
Christiansen
Torrence
Geneseo
Fred H. Smith
Krell
Clyde King
King
Charles H. Lanning
Art W. Pea
Fred Walters
S. H. Curry
Kewanee
Moline
Curry
Kewanee National Bank
Corn Exchange Bank of Chicago
S. H. Courier
Five Points Clothing Store Company
Vermuelen
Clothing Company
Art Peal
Peal
Walters
Gustafson
Muscatine Saloonkeepers Face Bankruptcy After Court Ruling
Wisconsin woman Margaret J. Lieb and Davenport’s Mrs. E. M. Greene linked to the case as Muscatine saloonkeepers fight for their livelihoods after Judge Bol linger declares the petition deficient for lacking dates. All 11 reopened saloons remain closed with stocks moved or hidden. injunctions and heavy bonds threaten total ruin.
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Muscatine
Board of Supervisors
Infantile eczema cured by oil of wintergreen remedy
A medical advertisement claims infantile eczema can be rapidly relieved by an external oil of wintergreen compound like D. D. D. Prescription. It cites a Weath erly Pennsylvania case where a baby’s face cleared after treatment and notes many similar cures, urged by a local druggist T. H. Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Steeley
Weatherly
T. H. Thomas
Woman Injured as Street Car Slams Off Quickly
Mrs Fred Mehl of 2320 Sixth avenue was thrown to the pavement when a street car started abruptly as she alighted Sunday evening. She dislocated her left shoulder and bruised head and arm. The Mehl couple had just returned from the German theater in Davenport.
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Fred Mehl
Sixth Avenue
First Signs Kidney Disease Prevalent Here
Reported cases of kidney trouble bladder issues and rheumatism prompt warning. A home remedy using Karyon Dandelion and Sarsaparilla is claimed to restore kidney function and ease backache and urinary problems. Also cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds and croup prevention in children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Serig
Fifth Street
Wheeling
W. Va
Chamberlain
The Century Magazine Promises Lincoln and Arts Features
The Century marks its 40 year leadership with Lincoln materials and unpublished documents from Lincoln and his secretary. Articles cover the German Emperor conversation, Gaudens, Helen Keller, and serials by Alice Hogan Rice. Authors include Carnegie, Paderewski, Thompson, Page, Wiggin, Wharton, London, and others. Full color American art reproductions, subscription $4 annually.
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Lincoln
Vehicie
Helen Keller
Century
Alice Hogan Rice
St Nicholas 1909 A treasure house of children’s entertainment
The magazine St Nicholas offers a year’s wealth of features including a new serial by Ralph Henry Barbour When I Grow Up, W W Denslow full color pictures, For Very Little Folk for ages 3 to 8, Nature and Science, Hints and Helps for Mother, The St Nicholas League with over 50 000 members and cash prizes, stories by Frances Hodgson Burnett Rebecca Harding Davis and others, airships young citizens boarding school tales, and over 1000 pictures inviting subscriptions from The Century Co Union Square
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St. Nicholas
Ralph Henry Barbour
W. W. Denslow
St. Nicholas League
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lord Fauntleroy
Rebecca Harding Davis
the Century CO
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Wisconsin
E. M. Greene
City Council
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Frank
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Ty Anthony
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Gaylord
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van Haulte
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Henry
Burton
Schall
Fred
Anderson
Geo
Guinty
Ackerman
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Grams
Chas
Morris
O*hern
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Ase
Carey
Thomas
Gutzweiler
Sudgen
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Rooks
Dave
O'Connell
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Miler
McGuire
O’connell
Cavanaugh
Kelley
D. V
Haley
Entler
Gaetter
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Oder
Long View Park
Tuckis
Athletic Field
Committee
Ellinwood
Ralph Dart
Frank Westba
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Frank Yerbury
W. Willhite
G. W. Hill
E. P. Kellore
Fred Smith
Adolph Carlson
J. L. Graoe
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Thomas Jordon
C. J. Meenan
O. N. Kinsley
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Grover Cleveland
Sint Gaudens
S. Weir Mitchell
Thomas Nelson Page
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Edith Wharton
Jack London
Frances Little
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